Heddle and heddle-frame.



' B. A. PETERSON.

HBDDLB AND HBDDLE FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 15, 1908.

. Patentei May 13, 1913.

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@N LS B. A. PETERSON.

HEDDLB AND HEDDLE FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.15, 1908.

Patented May 13,1913

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l I 'I i okfrd; in. the County f 'Winnebago and i' Hddl-FIRIIGS, Qf which the followingi's` a,

' QD@ Off the heddles assumes anabpcrlilal po'- has heenbroken. z

. Paddles may 'be 'erranged'in di through.

" A farther object of the invention is. to

'- provide means vf or keeping the cont-acts'clear of, lint and other extraneous matter.

' whereby the contacts will be-'prot'ected and .breken away to show the connect-ion Wit l to. a, h eddle, aA-hedd'le'fframe therefor, and

J n-Anntherqbect of the invention -is to pro-l the contacts will bereduced to a minimum.

STATES EATENT OFFICE.-

;nUnrA.f PE'rEnsoN, or nocxronn. rumors, A ss'IGNoR, BY MESNE AssIGNMENrsf'ro novum) D'.co LMA1 \,T,'I'.UrHER L. MILLERIAND HARRY A. sEvERsoN, COPARTNERS As nnnqannfconman coMrANY, ornocxronn, ILLINOIS.

- HEDDLE .anniiEnDLE-FRAME.

lie it. ownjthat I, BURT PE'rnIisoma citlaen Q the United States, -re'sidmg at,

Stteof I llinOis, have lnveted certain new anl usefullmprovements in Heddles and SPeitiQatiQxi-' Thlsinven -ion-relatesto the gen'eral class :iieansffor closing an electricalcircliit when Qneof the objects' of the invention is to provide means whereby-the hed'dle will serve both its.usua1 function and also; as' a drop wir@ to indicate when a thread in 'the warp Another obect ofthe-invention is to provide means w erehy pluralitv ofrows of j ererit planes 1n 't11e.-'sa ,x:r 1e ,I f raie'.

vide means vv ereby the heddleeyes will be maintailied inpro er position for jtheconvenientpassage eV the warp threads there- 'Another object of the invention is to pro-- vide indicative means on each heddle whereby the. operator may 4determine A at a glance which thread :has been broken.

" A further 'object is to provide 'means` the danger of combustion from sparks from Other ob'ects and advantages,; as. well as the novel etails ofcon'structionof theinvetion will bespecific'ally described hereinafter, -it' being understoodl that changes form, proportion and innor 'details lof construction may be resorted to without departin' from the spirit of the invention or sacri cin any of the advantages'thereof.

.In t e drawings, Figure 1 is a. side elevational view of a heddle frame constructed in ,accordance with' my invention, parts bein the heddles, the lower heddle bar and the in- Specicatioofetters Patent. apniigatioamed February-15,1908. serialize-116,018.

4#sectional view on the line F1g. 7 1s an elevational view of the heddle eye.

terioi' of the grids stirru s. Fig. is an end view et t e heddle ran`1e. F 1g. 3 1s Patented May 13, 1913.

an irregular sectional view taken en. line A A of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 is an end View of a pair of heddle frames,' one of the heddles being shown as making contact for 'closing the circuit. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view through the bottom heddle bar on the line B B of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a dross- Cv' C ofvFig. 1.

heddle. -Figi 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view of 'aV heddle constructed in accordance with my invention and illustrating the edge Fig. 9. is an enlarged fragmentary view of the heddle showing the face view of the heddle eye. Fig. 1Q. is a -sectional view on the line A A of Fig. 7. .Figi 11 is a sectional view on the line B B vof Fig. 9.

Referring now to the drawings by numerals of reference, 1 is a rectangular frame of which'the top heddle bar 2 forms a part.

3, and 4 are the end bars of the frameand are connected to the bar"2 and the bottom frame bar 5 in any suitable manner.

For c :onvenience'in description I have referredto the elements 2, 3, 4 and 5 as bars, but as a matter of fact they will generally be frames consisting of a plurality of parts, dep ending upon the.- requirement of the par- .tl'cular element.A For example, the upper bai' Qis shown as comprising a plurality of inverted T-rails 6 Fig. G-between which are interposed inserts 7, the whole being secured together by fastening devices, as, for example,rivets 8 (sec Fig. l). By placing the T- rails side by side, slots will be formed extending longitudinally the top bar? to receive the headed heddles to bedescribed hereinafter.

` Loosely connected with the frame 1 and supported `thereby is a lower heddle bar 10 ofa complete Each slot consists of the narrow por- .v -tion 6a a'nd the wide portion which may comprise a plurality of- T-rails l1 spaced. apart and insulated `from each other by inserts of suitable insulation. Ly-- ing adjacent to and insulated from the rails 11 are cont-act str ips 1 2 arranged so as to cooperate in pairs between the rails 11. The several cont-acts l2 extendbeyond the ends of the bar l0, and' have their respective ends connected by bolts 13 and 14 serving as binding posts to receive the conductors 15 and 16 connected up with an electrical stop motn for a. loom and a suitable source of electric current-.Of course, it is obvious that an l in 'the bottom bar between-the spaced rails cause a manual agitation of the Arings and washers 18. `Oneadvantage in' providing the slots is to permit lint and other extraneous mattei' to pass down through said slots Vinsteadof remaining in the slots and covering theeontacts.V In order to facilitate the -removing of thelint, etc., I provide'. loosely 'hung rings 2l of. foiexa ni plc,'fibrous' material. P The oscillation -of the rings, due to the motion of 'the bottom bar, will have atendency to` preventlint gatltering on the contacts above tl1e \\'ash'ers 1S, but in the event that any lint -does 'acc'iiniulatein the slots above lthe''washer .-i, the .operator may .21 b running his hand along t-lic lower edge of the lower heddle bar below which a portion of the peripheriesof the rings extend. 't

j The lower heddle bar is opratively held ln .the frame 1 by the guiding stirrups 92 and' 93 which are rigid with the lower hed- `"dlc'bar and straddle the'fraine bar 5. De-

pendiii'?j froln-tlie lower A15x-'ame bar are guide -pins Elea-nd 2:'Sstirrounded by expansion' springslfl andf27 whieh'bear against the bar 5 and against 'the'gends of the respective stirrups. '.llhustlie te'ntlency'willbe to keep'the lower heddle bar. awa-)f from th'efnper .heddie har.' The urpose of`this will Ibe presently explaine .The lo'wer heddle bar is guided inthe slots 28 'forlnediby the end bars 3 and 4 of the frame. The heddles einploye'd in connection with the frame preferably consist of'a, single piece of metal, and may be eongenientlv s waged and lformed from a piece otn'ivn'e.`-` The v form herein shown comprises a bodyportion having an intermediately located elongated eye 29 with its inner and outer edges convex or rounded to avoid sharp edges which would be liable to injure the thread passing therethrough. The body ofthe heddle projects from opposite ends of the e. e and terminatesin an elongated lattene( -portion 30 :1t-'each end provided with a convex-head 3l. The fiattened portion at each end is disposed at an angle to'th'e plane of the eye 29 and preferably at approximately anangle of forty-live degrees so .that when the heddle is in the framev the tlatte'ned .portion il() will he free to slide in the i'onstricted portions of.the'

slots, but .will not be a'lile to turn in said .were rigid in relation to each other.

ranged in one frame in ditl'erent planes,the 'number of rows being hunted by the number of spaced T-ralsor slots provided in the frame. When the frames are assembled 1n a loom, as indicated in Fic. 1t, they are J caused to ymore up and down y the straps SA fastened to the upper bar il and the lower' har 5, as in the .easeoordnary'heddle frames. Frame D is shown in the uppermost' position ot' opening the shed and the frame E is in the lower-most position. When either frame is in the position shown at l)the heddles are all supported from the har i?, with their lower heads hangingfree in the stets of the lower. bar 10, bar 10 being held down h r the .springs ".ft and :'27 uiou the blocks land 33, which vare fasten@ to the top otz the har -This allows the lower ends ot the heddles free movement sidewise, so that they may accommodate themselves to the position ot' the threads and thus produce less wear in wearing. 'lhe same conditions exist with the frames in position E, excepting that tht upper ends of the heddles are free lo more inthat case. The frame in the position .ti is held down bythe tower straps S. 'l`he stress on the warp threads in the lower shed is transmitted through the heddies b v means ol their lower heads to the lower'bar 1() causing it. to move with relation to the har f2 against'. the pressure of the springs t and :2 until the bottoni of the stirrnps 2:2A and Q3 rest against the endsof the pins'Q-l and 25, thus limiting its further movement. As the lower bar l() is now. n'eal'cl to the har t2. the upper heads ofthe heddl'es will, project into the slots-of the upper bar 2 by a distance greater than tlie distance between the lower ends of the heddles and the contact pieces 12, thus making it possible for a heddle in the caseof a broken or slack thread to fall` so that the convex liead will hrdge the contact strips within its particular slot and cause the circuit to actuate a stop mechanism (not shown) and thus st op the loom. ,'lhus position E is the only position of the frames in which the heddles are able. to complete the electrical circuit, the bars 2 and 10 heilig at all other times at too great a distance from each other for the heddles toreach the contact strips. I am thus ableto keep the eurl'ent on the contacts ull the time andA avoid the use of external circuit-ln'eakers` as would be necessary it the upperand lower hars l :im also enabled. hy this means, to keep the heddies alwavs in tension. thus tending to keep them straifht t'or it' the bars 2 and l0 were tito frames were in the position shown at D, theheddles would beresting 'upon the contacts l and lifting the upper shed by means of the lower hea which would tend to'bend the heddles out of shape.' The springs 26 and 27 insure the bottom bar 10 remaining doivn at 'all times, except when in the position shown at- E.Y By making the heads f the heddles convex, the closing of the circuit is .insured because the headwill have a wedging action between the two coperating contacts. A good example of this is shown in Fig. i4, the 'framel to theleft being the'lower frame and the'la'st-heddle to the left being dropped.;Y l

By providing the elongated'flattenedportions'near the extremities 'of the heddles l 20 providemeans vto indicate which particular vheddlehas dropped. This will be apparent when it is considered that the operator will' lieddles which are in their proper relative L positions.l In order to protect the heddles. against 3o deterioration on account of 'rust or corrosion or .the like and alsoto provide for Veiiiciency of contactvbetween the heddles and the electrical contacts, I might find it expedient to plate said heddles with copper or some othe I 3 6 materialof'great conductivity.

I claim as my invention: l1. The combination of a rigid-frame comrising a top bar, a bottom bar and two end ars; a heddle bar slidably engaged with L0 said end bars, spring means tending to move Said slidable bar downwardly, heddles supported by said top bar and said slidable bar for vertical movement with relation to both of said bars,and electric contact means carried by aii'd rigidly 'ii'x'ed Ato said slidable bar in position to be contacted by a heddle whose thread is broken, the heddles being of such length as to be normally out. of contact with said contact means when at the lower limit of their movement with relation to the top bar.

1 2. Means for supporting heddles comprising anv approximately-rectangular frame having a fixed heddle bar; a movable heddle 55..-bar; and spring-actuated guides for said movable heddle bar.

3. Means for supporting heddles comprising an approximately-rectangular frame 'having a fixed heddle bar; a movable hcddlc 60 bar; and spring-actuated guides for said movable lieddle bar, said guides being below said movable heddle bar. 4.' In 'a' heddle framefa heddle bar consisting of --vplurality of T- rails, inserts spacing saiiails apart to provide'nai'row- .'tacts. be able to readily distinguish the, relatively l spaces between their flanges and wider and relatively deep spaces between their webs, 'i

and means for securing said rails and inserts together.

5. A heddle framecomprising a bai'- hav- 4ing an elongated slot; heddles vertically and -horizontally movable in said slot ;`and broad- 'ened' portions on the lieddles extending in said slot 'for uniformly facing the lieddle eyes at the proper-angle for the passage of the thread.

6. A heddlc bar having spaced heddlesupporting, means; spaced electrical contacts between pairs of heddle-supporting means; and insulation between the contacts and the heddle supporting means.

7. A heddle bar having spaced contacts and. lint removing devices between said conta-cts'.

8. A heddle bar having electrical contacts; .and lint-removing rings between said con- 9. A heddle bar having spaced electrical coiitacts; securing devices for holding said gcontacts to the bar; and lint-removing devices carried by the securing devices.

10. Alieddle bar carrying an electrical .cont-actand niaiiuallyo} )erable lint-reinovt' ing means..

11. A heddle bar carrying an electrical gcontact and lint-removing devices arranged iat intervals iii the length of the `bar and tigianually-operable from one edge of'said l ar. I

12. In a heddle frame, a. heddle bar consisting of spaced T-rails, contact plates arranged between and insulated 'from said` rails, fastening .members securing said rails together, sleeves onv said members for insulating them from the contact plates, and

washers on said sleeves for insulating the contact plates froml o'ncaiothcr and for .spacing the rails apart., 13. In a heddle framc, a.heddle bar consisting ot spaced T-rails, contact plates arranged between and insulated from said rails, fastening members securing said rails together, sleeves on said members for insulatingthem from the contact plates, washers on said sleeves for insulating` the contact plates from one another and for spacing the rails apart', and lint-removing rings loosely suspended on said washers.

14. In a heddle frame, a lieddle bar havingA two oppositely disposed contacts. and a lint-removingdevice loosely suspended between, said contacts.

' 15. A heddle having an eye, a iiat poi'-, tion near one end of the heddle, a constricted portion between the flat portion and the leye, and a head on said fiat portion. l

1G. A heddle frame; spaced electrical con- 1 i i i Z l i i l i i i whoseidiamet-er is greater than the width of the spacing of t-liecontacts said head ybeing adapted to lie againstV both of said contacts and bridge the space between them. r

17.. ln a heddle frame', a hcddle'bar having a vertical opening extending entirely therethrough, and two contacts fixed in said bar at opposite sides of said opening, the upper portion of said opening being/adapted to receive heddles, and said opening permitting the passage 'of lint downward `through and out ofthe space between said contacts;

18, A heddle franie,` two electrical contncis'cairied by said frame aiid'in constant coniniunication with a source of electrical,

. slidrible -bar and arrangedto be engaged by the lower ends of said lieddles.

20. A lieddle carrier comprising afraiiic -and a bar4 slidabl'y mounted in said traine,

said bar having a space thereinl two elongated contact ii'ieinbei's rigidly tixcd to said slidable bai' within said space iii spaced relat-ioni and. lieddles mounted vin said bar and a portion oi the frame, said heddles being adapted to lic against said contact ine'irbers and bridge thc space between said menibers.

2l. A heddle carrier comprising a frame and a bar slidably mounted in said fra-ine, two elongated Contact members rigidly fixed to said slidable bar in spaced relation` and each arranged to be constantly connected in one side of an electric circuit, and heddles mounted in said bar and a portion of the frame, said heddles being adapted to lie against said contact members and bridge the space between said members.

Q2. An element of a. hed'dle carrier coniprising a plurality of iiangedvbars, the space between the flanges forming a` heddle slot, an elongated contact-member adjacent to the inner face of each of said bars, insulating material between said contact member and -ilie adjacent bai', securing members extend- H. B ELMiLRs, lVii. D. 'I-Infrzn. 

